Why abrtd fails to start with error abrtd: Can't find user 'abrt' ?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Abrt daemon fails to start with error
abrtd: Failed to start: got sig 17
  • Following message is logged in var/log/messages
abrtd: Can't find user 'abrt'

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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